DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18221

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18221 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

The __munlock_pagevec function in mm/mlock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NR_MLOCK accounting corruption) via crafted use of mlockall and munlockall system calls.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Mar 7, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18221 advisory

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